silurus

See also: Silurus

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

silurus (plural siluri or siluruses)

1. (zoology) Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros).

Noun

silūrus m (genitive silūrī); second declension

1. sheatfish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	silūrus	silūrī
Genitive	silūrī	silūrōrum
Dative	silūrō	silūrīs
Accusative	silūrum	silūrōs
Ablative	silūrō	silūrīs
Vocative	silūre	silūrī

References

• “silurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “silurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• silurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.